Collection details

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Exhibition (temporary)

Otobong Nkanga

15 October 2016 — 8 January 2017 *on now

The Antwerp-based Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga examines land and the value of natural resources through her installations, drawing and sculptures. Her work also passes on knowledge through conversations in the galleries themselves.

Admission

Free

Exhibition (temporary)

Marguerite Humeau

15 October 2016 — 8 January 2017 *on now

The London-based French artist Marguerite Humeau has described herself as an “Indiana Jones in Google times”. Her work weaves together factual events and speculative narratives, reanimating voices from long-extinct creatures and distant eras.

Exhibition (temporary)

The Place Is Here

3 February — 30 April 2017

During 1980s Britain, a significant movement of Black artists, film makers, thinkers and institutions explored their relationship with Britain’s colonial past. Examining the politics of the time they explored different forms of resistance, expression and identity, in works that are highly resonant today.

The exhibition is a partnership with the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven

Suitable for

Any age

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Film screening

Voyeurtopia: The Screen at Contemporary 19 Oct 2016 - 28 Dec 2016

19 October — 21 December 2016 *on now

Films about watching and being watched. Spies, surveillance, peepshows & peeping toms explored by some of cinemas most innovative visionaries.

2 Nov, 6pmDr Isla Forsyth, University of Nottingham. Isla's research interests are in cultural and his-torical geography, critical military geography and more-than-human geographies. She will give a talk within the context of Otobong’s exhibition.

16 Nov, 2pmDr Ben Elliott, University of York, is an archaeologist who has collaborated with artist Mar-guerite Humeau in previous projects. His research interests reside in the ways people un-derstood and engaged with animals in the Mesolithic, and the way people use animal mate-rials. He is also interested in the sounds that animals make within a landscape.

30 Nov, 6pmDr Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, Leicester University. Maria has extensive expertise in soil science and post-colonial studies, she will give a talk within the context of Otobong Nkanga’s exhibition.

14 Dec, 2pmDr Lisa Yon, University of Nottingham. Lisa is interested in the health, welfare and conser-vation of captive and free-living wildlife, with a particular focus on elephants. She will give a talk within the context of Marguerite Humeau's exhibition.

And don't forget about the Spot Talks delivered by our Gallery Assistants!

Young People's Programme

Starting in January 2009 Nottingham Contemporary will be running a course for young people aged between 13 and 23 to help them act as arts instigators. They will be trained to design, co-ordinate and deliver a programme of activity for other young people. It will also give them an opportunity to take part in the Arts Council’s arts award scheme.

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